Synonyms of sultan

sultan

noun

as in prince

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prince
• amir
• tsar
• emperor
• emir
• king
• Caesar
• shah
• princess
• empress
• khedive
• tsarina
• suzerain
• satrap
• sultana
• queen
• ameer
• kaiser
• czar
• mikado
• ruler
• khan
• mogul
• potentate
• lord
• autocrat
• tzar
• monarch
• sovereign
• czarina
• lady
• tzarina
• sovran
• dictator
• tyrant
• despot
• overlord
• fuehrer
• authoritarian
• paramount
• coruler
• Big Brother
• führer
• monocrat

Examples of sultan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several years after coming to power, this new government set out to collect the finest Korans in the empire—still in the possession of the various mosques, tombs, and religious foundations to which previous sultans had donated them—for display in a new museum in the imperial capital. —Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2017

In July of 1970, Qaboos confronted the sultan at the royal palace in Muscat. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024

Like Ottoman sultans, omnipotent in their palaces but ruling at the mercy of local feudal lords, Erdogan saw his decentralized authority become open to usurpation. —Kaya Genc, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019

The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who’s-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money. —Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 8 July 2024